Bird News from Andreas Kim A morning visit to the site with very sunny weather conditions showed 3 Black-tailed Godwit, c. 40 Common Greenshank, 1 Grey Plover, 2 Terek Sandpiper, 10+ Common Sandpiper, 4 Long-billed Plover and as a rare … read more
Bird News from Tim Edelsten Despite the rain, stiff breeze and dark clouds, a pelagic, venturing some 20km off the coast of Gyeongsangnam Province was enjoyable for the sight of Streaked Shearwaters effortlessly lancing past the boat, with 400 or … read more
Bird News from Mike Friel On arriving at the main car park, I asked about the Pheasant-tailed Jacanas, and was told that there are a minimum of 9 young this year at the wetlands, more than double the number of … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Jeon Shi-Jin, Kim Hyangee and Park Jinju A check of part of the Nakdong Estuary ahead of next week’s visit by a team from Cornell’s lab of ornithology found surprisingly good numbers of shorebirds, … read more
SBS Early Fall Update by Jason Loghry 5 Spoon-billed Sandpipers were observed on September 21, 2013. Earlier this month there was a report from the Nakdong Estuary (in the Southeast of the country) of one Spoon-billed Sandpiper. Up to 12 … read more
새와 생명의 터에서 한국수자원공사 낙동강통합물관리센터의 교육기부로 진행한 ‘나일 무어스박사와 함께 하는 탐조교실’ 프로그램에 참여했습니다. 저희 에코멤버들과 타학교 동급생들이 뜻을 모아 을숙도를 찾았습니다. 이번여름 무더위의 보상이었을까요? 을숙도의 가을바람이 우리를 함박웃음으로 맞아주었습니다. 햇살은 따갑지만 습하지 않은 바람 때문에 기분좋은 일요일이었습니다. 1부는 나일 … read more
Written by Kim Minjung Theresa Girls’ High School of Busan I went to Eulsukdo with my teacher and friends. We discussed about “If we were shorebirds, what would we do?”, “What can we do for migratory birds?” and “natural connection.” … read more
Bird News from Tim Edelsten As a multi-billion won “bird centre” is built at one end of the lake, the other end has become a construction site for a rail cart track, erasing the former reedbed in the process. Huddled … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin A brief morning visit to Dobongsan’s lower reaches. Weather hot and still. Outside Hwarangdae Subway Station, a Yellow-browed Warbler calling. At Dobongsan, only residents evident: a family of 5 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 1 Japanese Pygmy … read more
Nial Moores PhD, Birds Korea Director, September 17th 2013. Introduction The read more